The B.I.G.
(Before It’s Gone)
Foundation
UK Registered Charity Number 1195244
Seeking to support women and girls in exploration
Established in 2021 to provide legacy for the B.I.G. Arctic Research Expeditions led by British Polar Explorer, Felicity Aston MBE, The B.I.G. Foundation aims to promote the ethos of inclusive scientific exploration that was exemplified by the project.
In particular, the Foundation wishes to support young women and girls who are overcoming additional challenges to engage in exploration and to promote high quality citizen science within expeditions and adventurous undertakings.
It intends to achieve these objectives through direct grant funding of projects and also by working to achieve greater communication between scientific and exploration communities for the purpose of creating collaborative citizen science projects.
Promoting Citizen Science to all
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Citizen Science
Helping to connect expedition projects that have the desire to contribute to scientific investigation with scientists looking for data and collaborations with expedition projects.
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Grant Funding
Providing financial support to individuals, projects and organisations which, in the opinion of the trustees, reflect the spirit of The B.I.G. Arctic Research Expeditions, with a particular emphasis on inclusivity, women and girls facing additional challenges, the majority world and citizen science…
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Meet the Foundation
An introduction to our fabulous trustees and the governance of the Foundation as well as news, stories from projects supported by the Foundation and upcoming events…
The B.I.G. Arctic Research Expedition
Find out about the Expedition project that inspired the Foundation. Via the link below you can access the original project website with maps, stories and details of the science projects completed…Want to add a listing?
